The Cypress Golf Club HALL OF FAME

Club Match Play Champions

2011: DALE SASAKI

2010: BOB MIYAMOTO

2009: DEREK SAKAZAKI

2008: DEREK MUNE

2007: GENE MUNE

2006: ALLAN CUBE

2005: DEREK SAKAZAKI

2004: WILL WHITLOCK

2003: AKIRA YANAI

2002: JULIUS WILLIS

2001: JULIUS WILLIS

2000: JULIUS WILLIS

1999: PAM FEREIRA

1998: WAYCHEN JEW

1997: ROY KOBAYASHI

1996: RICH KANEKO

1995: DAVE YAMAGUCHI

1994: E. IKEDA

AMIT CHOKSHI
Sunday, July 5, 1998: At Tahoe Country Club’s (Lake Tahoe, CA) #14, 290-yard dogleg par-4. Amit used a driver to hit a shortcut to the green (remember, this is a PAR 4 HOLE). The hole-in-one was witnessed by two foursomes and the course marshall who all congratulated Amit at greenside.

VICTOR K. ITANI
2 Friday, September 22, 2006: Vic used a pitching wedge at Moffett Field’s (Sunyvale, CA) 137-yard par-3 #7 to score the ace - “a beauty that hit the green and took one bounce into the hole.” Witnesses were members of Vic’s Friday group including Messrs. Kokka, Kihara and Ishikawa.
1 Sunday, January 13, 1991: Manteca Park GC with a 9 iron at the 129-yard par-3 8th. Witnesses: Vic’s foursome including Tom Futagaki, Keith Ikegami and Mason Seim.

ROBERT “BOB” KOZEN
Wednesday, June 6, 2007: At Pajaro Valley GC, Bob used a 7 wood and a Titleist Pro V-392 ball to ace the 166-yard par-3 #14. The feat was witnessed by Herb Nagamine and Gene Kinoshita. Other Wednesday retirees group members playing then were Kin Mune, Mark Miyakawa, Tom Murai and Iwao Shintani.

QUAN LU
Sunday, July 4, 2004: Quan used a 4 iron to score his ace into 20 mph wind at Rancho Vista’s (Palmdale, CA) par-3 175-yard 4th. Listed in the clubhouse Wall Of Fame, “the shot faded right, hit a staked tree, bounced left to the green and rolled into the hole,” Quan said, adding: “I’ll take luck over skill any day.”

KIN MUNE
Sunday, December 12, 2004: At Los Lagos GC, San Jose: Kin’s ace came on the 119-yard par-3 hole #3. Kin hit his 9-iron straight to the hole “where it landed 5 feet short of the pin, took one bounce forward, and rolled in.” Witnessing the event were Kin’s foursome of John Kawamoto, Richard Oba and Tom Murai.

CHRISTIAN MURRAY
Sunday, May 13, 2007: Playing with his mom at the Boulder Creek GC on this Mother’s Day: at the par-3, 89-yard 18th hole, Chris's mom said he would one day "get a hole-in-one on this hole." Chris pulled out his 50-degree sand wedge and said: "Let me show you how that would happen, Mom." Presto - an ace.

NOBU MUTA
Sunday, October 18, 1998: At Santa Teresa Golf Course’s (San Jose, CA) #7, 162-yard par-3 hole where Nobu used a #7 wood to score the ace. Witnesses to the event included Nobu’s three fellow competitors.

DICK NAKAMURA
6 Friday, September 26, 2008: Dick scored his 6th career hole-in-one at Santa Clara golf course’s 166-yard par three 17th hole where he used a Mizuno 2/3 hybrid to execute the ace. Dick’s feat was witnessed by members of his foursome: John Kokka, Dwight Nakatsu and Chizuko Lovely.
5 Friday, August 6, 1999: Moffett Field GC (Sunnyvale, CA) with an 8 iron at the 143-yard par-3 15th. Witnesses: John Sumida, Hans Pung and Richard Mukai.
4 Tuesday, February 23, 1999: Pajaro Valley GC (Watsonville, CA) with a lob wedge at the 107-yard par-3 7th hole. Witnesses: Darin Lee, Hal Masamori and Dave Masamori.
3 Friday, July 26, 1996: Brookside Country Club (Stockton, CA) with a 5 iron at the 181-yard par-3 17th. Witnesses: Tom Pennington, Kevan Banton and Arthur Mitchell.
2 Thursday, April 2, 1992: Fountain Grove GC (Santa Rosa, CA) with a 7 iron at the 150-yard par-3 9th. With Ray Fujikado of Honolulu in a twosome, Dick says “this was not a recognized hole-in-one.”
1 Sunday, April 30, 1989: Bayonet GC (Fort Ord, CA) with a 3 iron at the 193-yard par-3 8th. Witnesses: Tok Yamashita, Susumu Kodani and Eddie Ikeda.

TOM OSAKI
Tuesday, July 16, 2008: Tom scored his 3rd lifetime ace at San Jose Muni’s 142-yard #4 while playing with Jeff Subala. “I hit an 8-iron thin; the ball landed short of the green and rolled toward the pin. I yelled ‘don't go in!’ but it went in,” Tom said. The ace was reported in the San Jose Mercury News.

MY D. PHAN
Tuesday, February 10, 2004: My used his 9 iron to ace the Deep Cliff (Cupertino, CA) 105-yard par-3 #3. My was in a foursome with his wife and two others. My’s hole-in-one was immortalized in the San Jose Mercury News' Sports HOLES-IN-ONE column on Thursday, February 26, 2004.

DEREK SAKAZAKI
Sunday, November 30, 2008: Derek scored his first hole-in-one with a 7 iron at San Jose’s The Villages GC’s 142-yard 11th hole. The ball landed 12 feet short and rolled into the cup. Witnesses were members of Derek’s foursome: Gene Mune, Marty Mune and Chris Nomura.

JULIUS WILLIS
Sunday, March 12, 2000: Jules used a 5 iron at Chuck Corica’s Earl Fry (Alameda North) #4, 169-yard par-3 hole to shoot the ace. In his foursome were Steve Yamamoto, Edwin Trotter and Will Whitlock. Witnessing at the greenside were Rich Kaneko, Bob Kozen, Mark Miyakawa and Susumu Kodani.

STEVE YAMAMOTO
Tuesday, May 27, 2003: At the Siena Golf Club’s (Las Vegas, Nevada) #14, 166-yard par-3 hole, Steve used a 7 iron and made history. The Siena Golf Club is Steve’s new home course in Las Vegas to where he and wife Barbara moved from the Bay Area. The ace was reported to the club Pro Shop.

TOM YAMASHIRO
Thursday, May 9, 2002: Tom made his hole-in-one with a 5 wood at the then newly-opened Los Lagos GC (San Jose) #8, 175-yard par 3 hole. Witnessing the immortalizing feat were Tom Hashimoto, Yoshi Inouye and Mainard Tom. The ace was reported to the club Pro Shop.